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Richard Ross

Richard Ross
Applied Instrument: Guitar, Bass Guitar
Secondary Instruments: Piano
Campus: Online, Sandy Springs
NSM Faculty: Since 2013

Mr. Ross is a professional musician and teacher with over 25 years of experience. He taught as an adjunct Professor ofJazz Guitar at Miami-Dade Community College, and also taught as a general music teacher for the Broward Public Schools in south Florida and for the Cobb County DistrictSchools in the Atlanta area. He studied guitar privately for 15years with Vince Bredice. He studied Early Music of theRenaissance period with Joseph Iadone, a disciple of Paul Hindemith, and attended seminars in Jazz Guitar with gendary guitarists Joe DiOrio, Tal Farlow and Jack Wilkins.His philosophy of teaching is to help the student play the music that he or she wants to play and give the student a practical understanding of their instrument and music theory.He teaches the skills that enable the student to apply themselves to all forms of music.